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Apr 2, 2024·Review·18:20·5·Watch on YouTube

Take a Turn or Two of GARDEN GECKOS | A Tile-Laying, Bug-Eating Strategy Game!

Tabletop Tolson

Tabletop Tolson

Watch “Take a Turn or Two of GARDEN GECKOS | A Tile-Laying, Bug-Eating Strategy Game!,” a board game review for Garden Geckos on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Tabletop Tolson on YouTube:

Garden Geckos is a light hex-tile placement game (1.6 on BGG). Player interaction is low, along the lines of Lanterns or Sagrada. It plays 2-6 and a game lasts between 20 and 40 minutes based on player count. Each player represents five geckos that must work together to capture as many bugs as possible along with achieving objectives to score victory points. Players have an on-going hand of 3 terrain tiles plus are dealt a secret bonus at the beginning of the game (a certain bug or terrain type). The game end triggers when a player achieves six objectives, or if the last tile available is drafted. Check out a couple turns or two of this game and what makes it special. More Information: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tinrobot/garden-geckos?ref=btu8yo&token=b2e970b2 https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/408859/garden-geckos Promotional Support by Noble Knight Games: https://www.nobleknight.com/ Become a Patron: patreon.com/tabletoptolson Intro Sequence Credit: R Charles D Stuart Music Credit: www.bensound.com Logo Credit: www.logomakr.com DISCLAIMER: Please keep your comments positive. I reserve the right to review and delete with full discretion anything that attacks or demeans an individual. My channel is a place to celebrate gaming, not to give those acting in poor faith a chance to be mean.

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Garden Geckos

Garden Geckos

2024·James Staley

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Mostly reviews. Garden Geckos is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 13 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, and 2 unboxings.

2 - 6 players
20 - 45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Garden Geckos, from BoardGameGeek:

The garden is full of geckos, scurrying around capturing bugs and seeking out new areas to hide. Each player represents five geckos that must work together to capture as many bugs as possible along with achieving objectives to score victory points. Objectives come in two forms, creating chains between geckos to link certain bug types, or simultaneously occupying certain patterns of terrain. Players have an on-going hand of 3 terrain tiles plus are dealt a secret bonus at the beginning of the game (a certain bug or terrain type). On their turn, players place a terrain tile (which contains a mix of 3 patterns) adjacent to a tile on the board with a matching terrain side and place a gecko over the matching pattern across the two tiles. If the placed tile fully surrounds a previously placed tile, the bug on the surrounded tile is awarded to the player with the most geckos touching it. Additionally, if the gecko placed results in a bug sequence in the objective market and/or a terrain sequence, the player is awarded the corresponding objective(s). The game end triggers when a player achieves six objectives, or if the last tile available is drafted. Each objective card has bug points on the bottom of it. The winner of the game is the player with the most bug points collected (objectives + awarded tiles + secret bonus) at the end of the game. -description from designer

Designer

James Staley

Publisher

Tin Robot Games

Categories

Abstract StrategyAnimals

Mechanics

Area Majority / InfluenceHex Grid
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